| 释义 |
absolutive, n. and a. Gram.|ˈæbsəljuːtɪv, æbsəˈluːtɪv|
[f. absolute a. + -ive.]
(Pertaining to or being) an absolute form of a word. See absolute a. 9.
1948G. V. Tagare Historical Gram. Apabhraṁśa 324 In Prakrits we find the following terminations of the Absolutives. 1965A. Master tr. J. Bloch's Indo-Aryan from Vedas to Mod. Times 281 Contrariwise, Sanskrit has actually created a category of absolutive or gerund. 1972R. S. McGregor Outline Hindi Grammar 174 Note the frequency of unrelated absolutives in passive constructions. 1975Language LI. 805 One exponent of this construction in Luiseño involves the suffix sequence -i-c̆, where -c̆ is an absolutive suffix otherwise found on non-possessed nouns. 1979Trans. Philol. Soc. 221 In place of the past indefinite in the above examples we may substitute the so-called absolutive. 1985Canad. Jrnl. Linguistics XXX. 208 In a number of Mayan languages..absolutives but not ergatives relativize. |